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HN itself? No All the startups/sites that everyone on here runs? Absolutely You don't even have to go 100% dark, you can just have a splash telling your users
by vaksel 15y ago
HN itself? No
All the startups/sites that everyone on here runs? Absolutely
You don't even have to go 100% dark, you can just have a splash telling your users about SOPA. You need to realize
- Samuel_Michon 15y agoShow, don't tell. For most viewers, just showing a notice explaining SOPA will be too abstract. Shutting down your site or service, while putting up a notice, has a higher chance of bringing the point home.
- makeramen 15y agoI think you got it backwards. Just displaying a notice is "telling." Actually shutting down is "showing" by doing.
- Samuel_Michon 15y agoIn case it wasn't clear from my previous post: we're in agreement. Show, by taking content and services down. Tell, by putting up an explanation of SOPA and what folks can do to stop it.
- crgt 15y agoPerhaps on that day, HN blacks out all normal content and instead just features a list of all the sites that have gone black in protest? Could let users submit URLs to be added to the list.
- jitendra_ 15y agoAgree with that. Besides featuring the list of sites gone black in protest, HN could also display pointers to effects of SOPA (for non-regular HN visitors), contact info for Congress representatives.
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